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Global T20: Toronto Set for Montreal Challenge

August 6, 2024

Global T20: Toronto Nationals during a practice session in Brampton

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Another doubleheader awaits in the 2024 Global T20 League. Match 17 will feature the Montreal Tigers and the Toronto Nationals at the CAA Centre, Brampton. These are two very formidable sides that are positioned in the top half of the points table.

The Tigers are situated second in the points table with seven points from five matches. Although the Nationals have the same points, they’ve already played six games and lost a couple of them. They have a lower net runrate than their upcoming opposition. Nevertheless, both teams will look to earn a win and get ‘Q’ beside their name.

Ahead of the clash, let us quickly look at the probable playing, match prediction, pitch report and top players for the particular Global T20 encounter.

CAA Centre, Brampton Pitch Report

The batting first team usually has a better advantage in the venue. However, the teams batting second have earned victory in three out of the last four games. The wicket tends to be slower, so attacking inside the powerplay is one method to score quickly. The pacers are getting a lot of wickets while there is assistance for the spinners too. Batting isn’t quite easy here.

CAA Centre, Brampton Pitch Stats

Total Matches: 17 (GT20 2024)
Matches won batting first: 8
Matches won bowling first: 7
N/A: 2
Average 1st innings Score: 148
Average 2nd innings Score: 119

TN vs MT Probable Playing XI

Montreal Tigers: Chris Lynn (c), Tim Seifert (wk), Gerhard Erasmus, Dilpreet Bajwa, Sherfane Rutherford, Azmatullah Omarzai, Corbin Bosch, Aayan Afzal Khan, Zahoor Khan, Kaleem Sana, Parveen Kumar

Toronto Nationals: Colin Munro (c), Unmukt Chand (wk), Andries Gous, Nicholas Kirton, Roston Chase, Mohammad Nawaz, Romario Shepherd, Saad Bin Zafar, Jatinderpal Matharu, Jason Behrendorff, Junaid Siddique

TN vs MT Top Players Predictions

Dilpreet Bajwa (MT): The middle-order batsman has been on fire with the willow in the recent Global T20. He scored 194 runs in four innings, including the only century of the season. He has also hit nine sixes in the maquee even, the most of any player on either team.

Ayaan Afzal Khan (MT): In the Global T20 competition, the spin-bowling all-rounder has been particularly effective with his finger spin. To start the season, he took four wickets and three scalps in the next game. Ayaan has a flair for wickets in the middle overs phase, having already bagged eight scalps in the competition.

Junaid Siddique (TN): The pacer has been terrifying the opposition batters in the Global T20 Canada. He has bagged eleven wickets from six matches at an outstanding bowling average of 11.73. Siddique would be looking to take more wickets as the tournament progresses.

Global T20: Toronto Nationals team set to go against Montreal — @GT20

TN vs MT Hit or Miss Prediction

Romario Shepherd (TN): The Guayanese gun has excelled in all the three facets in the ensuing Global T20. He has picked up eight wickets from five matches so far. Shepherd has the ability to hit lusty blows lower down the order and can win matches with the bat in hand as well.

TN vs MT Conditions-based Predictions

Teams chasing have started to win more matches in recent times.
Batting is extremely difficult.
Both pacers and spinners get purchase off the wicket.

TN vs MT Match Predictions

With respect to the match predictions, the Toronto-based franchise are likely to have a better powerplay (1.85) as Colin Munro and Unmukt Chand form a stable pair. Also, they’re likely to get over 16.5 runs (1.85) for the first-wicket stand. Furthermore, the number of total wickets in a game are constantly on the higher side in recent encounters at the venue. Hence, the particular Global T20 game might have a higher probability of witnessing over 13.5 wickets (1.70) in Brampton.

TN vs MT Winner Prediction

Both sides have been excellent in the coveted Global T20 league. While its difficult to judge a winner out of the two sides, it is worth mentioning that the Nationals will be playing their last league stage game and would be blazing all guns to finish strong. Henceforth, the Nationals might just outsmart the Tigers in the contest.